Making Escher Patterns Stage ONE Take a small rectangular piece of card Draw a shape on one end of the card only Cut out the shape and sellotape it (no overlaps) onto the opposite end of the card to form a template. Drawing Template Look at the template from all angles to decide what it looks like (this one looks like a fish) Use the template to cover a sheet of paper (A3) with tessellating shapes Draw in features so that each tile is slightly different Colour in felt pen Making Escher Patterns Stage TWO Take a small rectangular piece of card Draw a shape on one end of the card only Cut out the shape and sellotape it (no overlaps) onto the opposite end of the card to form a template. Then do the same on the top of the card, sticking the cut-out onto the bottom Look at the template from all angles to decide what it looks like (this one looks like a bird or, on its side it looks like an animal or person) Use the template to cover a sheet of paper (A3) with tessellating shapes Draw in features so that each tile is slightly different Colour in felt pen